Sunday, March 11, 2007
Bush: Support the Troops, Line Our Pockets....
Image courtesy Bartcop yet again
More Walter [Reed]-gate related news:
"[Friday], the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workers union, blamed pressure on the Army from the White House's Office of Management and Budget for the decision to privatize its civilian workforce [at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center] and... hire IAP Worldwide Services, a contractor with connections to the Bush administration and to KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary. [emphasis added]"
Click here for more from "Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny." (spotted via Prairie Weather by way of Crooks and Liars)
Related: "U.S. oil services giant Halliburton Co. will shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai, Chief Executive Dave Lesar said Sunday. [emphasis added]" - WTF?? (spotted via WSJ)
Labels: Halliburton, Iraq war, Walter Reed, War on Terror
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Depends on your definition of 'encouraging '....
In the bubble:
"Three weeks into an intensified security effort, Bush said, "It's too early to judge the success of this operation ... But even at this early hour there are some encouraging signs."" (more at MSNBC)
In the real world:
9 U.S. Soldiers Killed North of Baghdad on Monday, the "deadliest single day for U.S. troops in Iraq in nearly a month."
Two Suicide Bombings Kill 40 in Baghdad and Tikrit.
Related:
The real face of "Support our Troops" Bush: "Is Walter Reed the new Katrina? The deplorable problems at the Army's top hospital were allowed to fester for years [emphasis added], and would still be festering were it not for the Washington Post series. And now we're hearing that there are problems in VA facilities across the country...." (more from "Bush's Latest Systems Failure" in the Washington Post | more skanless Walter Reed-related news links via Think Progress here)
Scooter Libby GUILTY!
Biochemical Slang - I just wanted to say that real quick. Go check it!!
Labels: George Bush, Iraq war, Scooter Libby, Walter Reed
